False-tooth cleaner



March .18 1924.

1,487,075 H. H. OLSON ET AL FALSE TOOTH CLEANER Filed Aug. 18, 1923 Y"/mivrakfi Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

UNiTEB STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

HENRY H. OLSON AND JENNIE STEVENS, 0F BEN LOMOND, CALIFORNIA.

FALSE-TOOTH CLEANER.

Application filed August 18, 1923. Serial No. 658,139.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY H. OLSON and JENNIE E. STEVENS, citizens ofthe United States, residents of Ben Lomond, in the county of Santa Cruzand State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in aFalse-Tooth Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in a device for cleaning falseteeth and plates wherein cleaning elements of various characters forcleansing different portions of A further object is to provide animproved device of simple and compact construction which will combine,as a single unit, cleaning elements adapted for use upon all portions ofa set of false teeth.

Our invention consists of the novel features of structure andarrangement shown in the drawings forming a part of the presentspecifications wherein like characters of reference are used todesignate similar parts throughout said specification and drawings andin which,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device, one

of the cleaning elements being fully extend-- ed and the other partiallyextended.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 1, theextended cleaning element being shown in connection with a set of falseteeth. 7

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate in generala handle upon opposite sides of which are secured bristles 2 and 3. Thebristles 2 are preferably short and stiff while the bristles 3,extending outwardly in an opposite direction are made relatively longand flexible for a purpose hereinafter more fully explained.

The opposite end of the handle 1 is recessed as at 4: and 5 to receivea. pair of cleaning elements 6 and 7 pivotally mounted upon said end ofthe handle and adapted to be folded into a normal inoperative positionwithin the recesses, said elements being adapted to be independentlymoved to outwardly extending operative position.

The cleaning element 6 is provided with a blunt scoop shaped end 8adapted to be inserted into the concavities of a false tooth plate 9 forcleaning the same and for removing any foreign substance which maygather within said concavities. The cleaning ele ment 7 consists of asharpened blade: having a fine sharp point adapted to be insertedbetween teeth 1.0 carried upon the plate 9 for cleaning and removingforeign substance from between the teeth. The point is also useful forcleaning small indentations in the teeth and plate which are not readilyreached by the bristles.

The short stifi' bristles 2 are particularly useful in cleaning theouter surface of the teeth and platewhile the longer and more flexiblebristles are particularly adapted for cleaning the inner surface oftheteeth and plate, the bristles being more readily manipulated in andabout the more inaccessible surface to obtain an effective cleaningwithout danger of roughening the surfaces. The elements 6 and 7 areutilized as above described for cleaning portions of the teeth and platewhich are not readily reached by means of the bristles.

From the above description it will at once be seen that we have providedan improved device wherein provision has been made for cleaning allportions of a set of false teeth by means of a single instrument whichis normally only slightly different in size and appearance from thetooth brush but which affords numerous advantages in the effectivenessand ease with which false teeth may be cleaned.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A false tooth cleaner comprising a handle; a. plurality of bristlessecured upon opposite sides of the handle adjacent one end thereof, thebristles upon one side being short and stiff and the bristles upon theop posi te side being relatively long and flexible for cleaning theouter and inner sides respectively of a plate of false teeth; a cleaningelement pivotally mounted upon the oposite end of the handle, saidelement having a blunt scoop shaped end adapted to clean the concavitiesof the plate; and a and beingindependently movable to out- Sharp pointedcleaning blade pivot-ally Wai'dly extending operative positions. mountedadjacent the cleaning element for In Witness whereof we hereunto set our10 cleaning between the teeth of the plate, the signatures. cleaningelement and blade being normally folded into inoperative position Withinrecesses formed Within the end of the handle HENRY H. OLSON. JENNIE E.STEVENS.

